Triple

T1656439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Butterfield E35809 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Butterfield
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
 E187783 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Butterfield | Statement: [Alexander Butterfield, familyName, Butterfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Butterfield
Context triple: [Alexander Butterfield, familyName, Butterfield]
  • A. Butler
    Butler is a city in Pennsylvania that serves as the administrative and economic center of Butler County.
  • B. Butler
    Butler is the party that served as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Butler, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal agricultural policies.
  • C. Butler
    Butler is a common English and Irish surname historically associated with nobility and service roles, borne by numerous notable figures in politics, law, and the arts.
  • D. Brewster
    Brewster is the given name of Brewster Kahle, an American computer engineer and digital librarian best known as the founder of the Internet Archive.
  • E. Brewster
    Brewster is an English occupational surname historically associated with brewing ale or beer.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Butterfield
Triple: [Alexander Butterfield, familyName, Butterfield]
Generated description
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Butterfield
Target entity description: Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Butler
    Butler is the party that served as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Butler, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal agricultural policies.
  • B. Butler
    Butler is a city in Pennsylvania that serves as the administrative and economic center of Butler County.
  • C. Butler
    Butler is a common English and Irish surname historically associated with nobility and service roles, borne by numerous notable figures in politics, law, and the arts.
  • D. Brewster
    Brewster is the given name of Brewster Kahle, an American computer engineer and digital librarian best known as the founder of the Internet Archive.
  • E. Brewster
    Brewster is an English occupational surname historically associated with brewing ale or beer.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb4535180819088e3bdaa591dcdbd completed March 7, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad6821d18c8190b411bb031c142580 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad68a9769081908a0748b8d02b8379 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad692d61288190ad0c0265f49643ac completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.